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Originally posted by eLPresidente
First off, I don't believe you.
Second, when a person in debt finds some 'lawful loophole' to get out of his debt without paying it, everybody goes berzerk and says no matter what you have to pay your debt. You wanted this product or lifestyle so you have to pay it.
Well, if all of this were true, shouldn't we be obligated to pay what we owe?
Originally posted by civicunrest1991
The original post is hilarious. The Chinese coming in and setting up factories were they can import production goods without being heavily taxed is a GOOD thing, no, a GREAT thing. Let us face it, our economy is poop right now, and the Chinese coming it and setting up a hundred or so factories across the United States would make our unemployment rates PLUMMET.
A non-tariff zone in no way means the Chinese can come in and start making nukes and bringing in undocumented workers to secretly Trojan Horse America...the land is still the United States, and isn't just a wide open 'no mans land', it's just a place where foreign governments are encouraged to set up shop because we won't cut massive holes into their bottom line with our taxes and tariffs. It's going to do a hell of a lot more good than bad, especially when they hire all American taxpayers and workers.
Also, stop fear-mongering about communists. If anything, this is another huge step towards total-capitalism in China, which is huge for everyone. They're going to come to the United States and set up factories and hire American workers...I'm not seeing the problem.
Also, we were never at war with Communism. We were at war with the USSR because they were the only country that could rival us in the military aspect. The reason we went to war with Cuba (although brief) and Vietnam was because if they were Communist, then the USSR could use them as satellite nations for ICBM stations etc.
Why not instead offer the same deregulation and tax free zones to the American people?
Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by hawkiye
Well, if you voted in the last 30+ years, yes you have...because it's the politicians you voted for who borrowed money from China. And BOTH parties happily borrowed...mostly because it was the only way to stay afloat given all those expensive wars.
Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by hawkiye
Why not instead offer the same deregulation and tax free zones to the American people?
First of all, the American people already profit because FTZs create jobs. Secondly, even a donkey would see that creating a FTZ for American products in the US would be beyond laughable as there's no import taxes on products produced and then sold in the US in the first place.